The State of Texas has accepted the responsibility of providing a wide variety of recreational services to both citizens and visitors alike. The funds needed to deliver those services are increasingly more difficult to ...

United States National Weather Service(United States National Weather Service, 1979-03)

Team members began the field survey on Monday, August 7 -- 4 days after the last victim drowned. The field phase was completed Friday, August 11. Three main areas were covered: (1) internal NWS operations, (2) role of the ...

State of Texas Department of Public Safety(State of Texas Division of Disaster Emergency Services, 1974)

This manual is designed to be used as a guide for local officials in planning to meet responsibilities during periods of disaster for the protection of life and property. It is recognized that there is no perfect plan that ...

This study establishes the magnitude, role and economic importance of charter fishing on the Texas Gulf Coast. Data was collected to describe three major components of charter fishing: (1) the operator and his business ...

The Nueces County Navigation District 1, a political subdivision of the State of Texas and owner and operator of the Port of Corpus Christi, has proposed that the area in the vicinity of Harbor Island near Port Aransas, ...

This is one of a series of documents by the Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM) intended to provide technical support to coastal zone managers on major issues which they face. Specifically, this paper provides a brief ...

Increased knowledge of the value of wetlands has led many State and Federal agencies to regard this land-water complex as a critically valuable national resource. In 1974, the U.S. Department of Interior directed the U.S. ...

In June, 1973, the Southwest Center for Urban Research initiated a study of the problem of management of land and the natural environment in Chambers County, Texas, a sparsely populated rural area between the Houston-Galveston ...

United States Office of Science and Technology Energy Policy Staff(United States Government Printing Office, 1970-08)

The report proposes a four-part program for resolving the apparent conflict between power needs and environmental protection. In essence, we recommend: (1) long-range planning of utility expansions on a regional basis at ...

The concept of this report emerged in 1975 during discussions with staff of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission on possible organizational arrangements and authorities to implement the tehn forthcoming ...